1945, the final stage of the Chinese Civil War began. During this time Mao Tse Tung led the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chiang Kai-Shek led the Kuomintang and were both fighting for the control over China and their people ("Chinese Communist Party"). The Kuomintang gained support from the US, who gave them weapons, aid and acknowledgement as the real government of China. As the Kuomintang were primarily supported by wealthier classes, this is where CCP took advantage, they gained support from majority of the peasants and lower class, which made up most of China’s population. 1949 was the year the Communist Party won the Chinese Civil War and Mao Tse Tung announced the launch of the People’s Republic of China. The CCP’s victory was sustained …show more content…
After the Active Cooperation Policy started, Mao applied Leninist ideas in his work and thought that engaging the farming peasants was crucial to establish communism in Asia ("The Causes Of The Victory Of The Chinese Communist Party"). As Mao Tse Tung rose up in politics, his plan came to life and The Chinese Communist Party gained the support from majority of the lower class people as they were promised equality for all, which was extremely appealing to them regarding to their current lifestyle at the time. The Communist Party were dedicated to win the support from the peasants and in 1931, the Chinese Soviet Republic consisted of a population of 10 million that had been set up in Southern China. While all of this was happening, the Kuomintang vowed comfort and security only to the wealthier and higher classes, which didn’t prove affective because there were more peasants and middle class people in China at the time that wanted to be treated with fairness. As the CCP was ruled by a peasant himself, Mao Tse Tung, this made it easier to gain support from the Chinese population as the peasants could relate with him ("Chinese Communist …show more content…
Although they both devoted their life into trying to win control over China, their different tactics made great differences in success. Many people lost hope in Kai-Shek’s leadership as he was constantly corrupt and inefficient, because of this those people had moved onto the Communist side. From the lack of support, Chiang turned against the peasants and middle class, depending only on the wealthier people (land-owners, merchants, bankers), whereas Mao led the communist party efficiently and were constantly making better of what they owned until they were able to govern China ("Why Did The Communists Win The Chinese Civil War?) (1946-49)"). Mao was in control of areas filled with 100 million people by the end of the Civil War. He was able to hold an experienced army by his side and was able to run a political program suited for the association of the peasants, workers, and middle class ("Chinese Communist Party (CCP) | Political Party, China"). The CCP used sufficient tactics such as training and taking care of the peasants for war, taking the abandoned guns and army tanks left by the Japanese and accepting the help from surrendered nationalists, which made the Communist Party bigger and stronger in the